MAN LOSES EYE
ACCIDENT TO MILKER
I By Telegraph-*—Press Association)
INVERCARGILL, March 10. William Donald Gordon, of Otataro Farm, aged 4l years, was the victim ff a painful injury while engaged in milking on Saturday morning. The cow apparently turned suddenly, and its head struck Gordon’s face underneath the right eye, which was torn from , us .socket.
The injured man was conveyed to the Southland Hospital, where an operation was performed, but it was found impossible to save the eye.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1929, Page 3
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